HomeSeer hsMQTT

A Java MQTT bridge for HomeSeer. msMQTT polls the HomeSeer API on a schedule and publishes device change messages to an MQTT Broker. Messages are published in JSON format.

hsMQTT is one of numerous HomeSeer support applications created by khubla.com, including

• hsClient
• hsInflux
• hsMQTT
• hsOpenAPI

msMQTT uses hsClient

License

msMQTT is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License.

Configuration

msMQTT is configured via the file "hsmqtt.properties". A typical example is

# HomeSeer
hsurl=http://192.168.75.129/JSON
hsuser=HOMESEERUSERNAME
hspassword=HOMESEERPASSWORD

# MQTT
mqtturl=tcp://192.168.75.71:1883
mqtttopic=devices
mqttpublisherid=hsMQTT

# Number of threads to poll HomeSeer on
pollingthreads=5

# minutes
pollinginterval=1

Example message

{"deviceRef":107,"value":0.0,"lastChange":1594530001541,"location":"Living Room","location2":"Main Floor","name":"Living Room Dimmer","status":"Off","type":"Z-Wave Switch"}

Usage

java -jar target/hsmqtt-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar 

A log file is generated to hsmqtt.log and rotated every 30 days.